Date: 07/15/05     Keywords: web

I took over the administration of a website for a local Quaker group a couple of months ago. The site has now been successfully redesigned (and actually works!), but the committee wants to register some extra domain names and have them pointing to our current server. The site has a hideously long URL (I have no idea who picked it or why - but they must have been insane) and it would be easier if there were some shorter ones that are easier to remember for promotional purposes.

It's a .org.uk domain and they'd be looking at registering more .org.uk domains. Can anyone give me a reliable price for them? I've put in a query to the hosts and would like to see just how much they hike the price up.

Could someone also give me a quick run-down of what I'm likely to need to do? I have a vague idea that the we'll need to get the DNS to point the new domains to the IP address of the servers, but I'd like to feel a little more comfortable and knowledgeable when I talk to the comittee. I'd also like to check against what the hosts tell me - they aren't a company that I'm familiar with, although so far the admin of the site has been fairly straightforward and reliable.

Any help or advice would be much appreciated.

x-posted to webdev and webdesign.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/928568.html

Date: 07/15/05     Keywords: seo

http://transgeneral.net , my top buttons are pretty b0rked, I can't seem to figure out how to get them to work! I've got it so when they are mouseover'd they change colors, but I want them to turn red when clicked, and somehow that Home button is being antisocial.. Anyone want to make me feel like an idiot? =P

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/928299.html

Date: 07/15/05     Keywords: css

Hey guys/gals.

I need to learn about CSS. I really really need to. I have a little pocket-reference guide to CSS, but it does little in terms of teaching a newbie.

This is an outcry to the masses. Can anyone provide me with a site with good CSS tutorials? I want to learn all I can. I want to make sites without tables. I really do! :)

Any response is greatly appreciated.

Thanks again.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/928109.html

Date: 07/14/05     Keywords: html

redesigning a site...

http://www.shawpromotion.com/new.html

Here's the initial layout i came up with...
I don't think i'll keep the splash screen...seems like an annoying extra click...

these are just images for the moment...lets pretend the lines are at 100%...

:)


c/c please...

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/927568.html

Date: 07/13/05     Keywords: web

Can one produce a translucent image for the web so your background will show through?

I figured how how to do it with a PNG, and it looks great in IE and Safari on a Mac but doesn't work at all on the PC. Is there a way to make this work on a PC as well?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/927131.html

Date: 07/13/05     Keywords: web

Hey everyone.

I posted this concept a while back, but now its a little more updated. My rollover effects are done, as well as the updated color changes. As far as the links, nothing works yet accept for the homepage. I'd just like some feedback as to how the site is looking so far.

Thanks again everyone. Last time the feedback was great.

http://www.cmwebdesign.org

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/926917.html

Date: 07/13/05     Keywords: browser, css

So this is a small detail, but it's driving me absolutely insane.

On my page, I have two separate CSS link styles, one for the navigation bar and one for content. Everything works exactly how it's supposed to, except for one link--the one for "Message Board." After I click on it, the hover color no longer shows up; it just stays the same, unless I reset my browser, and then the hover will work until I click on that link again. What's more infuriating is that this is the only link that does this.

My page is here. I'd appreciate any help, because this is driving me nuts.

~Sarah

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/926574.html

Date: 07/12/05     Keywords: no keywords

I have my outdoors site just about where i want it as far as content, layout, and photography.
Just a question of adding more content and photos now.

Honest opnions please on what i can do to improve the site
Also, any suggestions for affiliate programs for me to cover the costs of the site.

The site... http://www.litepack.com

Feel free to suibmit any outdoor related links to the site that you would like.



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Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/926117.html

Date: 07/09/05     Keywords: php, programming, css, html, web, hosting

hello. i'm new here. kind of new with webdesign as well (been doing it for almost a year just as a hobby; mostly with css and html).

1. i'm just curious as to how many of you actually have made webdesign/programming your career, and if so, what route did you take in college (certificate, associates, bachelors, etc). i'm a second year community college student, and i'm interested in persuing webdesign as a career, technical side and design side, so i guess im just confused as to what i should do in school to get where i'm wanting to be (job as a webdesigner for a company). any tips, suggestions?

2.also, i'm sure this has been asked a million times before, but in the userinfo, " Affordable & Reliable Webhosts" was left blank. so i'm going to ask you guys for some reccomendations on hosts. ive done godaddy, and 1and1.com before.. and neither have what i want for a low enough price. i'm looking for something that will allow me to have multiple ftp accounts, php, a decent amount of bandwidth, multiple domain hosting, etc. any suggestions?

3. last but not least, i'm looking into using moveable type as a blog for my website. i would like to achieve something like this. does anyone have any experience with this? is it fairly easy? is there something better i should be using. as you can tell, i'm kind of a beginner, and i would love if you would point me in the right direction if i'm missing out on something better.

any help would be awesome. thanks!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/924848.html

Date: 07/08/05     Keywords: php, mysql, html, asp, sql

Hope this isn't a bother.

I'm trying to find a random quote generator that uses HTML or PHP. If it's possible to do it without MySQL, ASP, etc etc etc. Anybody? Beuller?

Rock on. <3 

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/924390.html

Date: 07/08/05     Keywords: java

How do you prefer to use these two in your stylesheets?

Though I realize that the primary intention of the id attribute is for use in establishing a handle in the DOM (for Javascript access, among other purposes), I will typically attach an id to an element and style it based on that handle if there's only one in my page. I take id to mean, in most cases, a singular one-instance of that type of style and class to be the opposite: an identifier that applies to many elements. In this way, I feel there is a better logical seperation of the two.

Preferences? Thoughts?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/924061.html

Date: 07/07/05     Keywords: web

Hi guys,

I have a client who runs a recording business. As such, he wants a web app to distribute mix files to his clients to listen to without having to have them set up a FTP client and so on. As such, I need to find him a web host who allows a fairly large capacity (like 5 GB, or even more) on cheap plans. Since most of these large files will be downloaded only once or twice, he doesn't need oodles of transfer, either.

Suggestions?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/923814.html

Date: 07/07/05     Keywords: asp

http://www.brinkster.com/rd2.aspx?r=523615876421255191742

free for 6 months...

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/923614.html

Date: 07/06/05     Keywords: web

Hey folks, quick one for you. I work at a company that lacks both the resources and the funding to attain professional-quality photos for our website. Right now it looks really dull, and I can only do so much with the low-quality jpegs they've given me. Does anyone know an online resource for no-cost, royalty-free professional-quality photographs I can use? Specifically, we're after pictures of people, preferrably in a rural setting. If it matters, I believe we're a non-profit organization, although I'm not 100% on that. I've looked all over the place for such a resource, but so far my best lead turned out to be a "free" site where you have to buy points to "freely" download photos. Deceptive little practice.

Thanks.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/922871.html

Date: 07/06/05     Keywords: php, web

I have been driving myself crazy trying to figure this one out:

I'm using Suckerfish Dropdowns on this website, because I really hated the code that Fireworks and Dreamweaver auto-generates for their stupid drop-down menu "feature."

Open this in IE (I'm using some updated version of 6.0):

(the page)

Here is a link to the same file on a non-php server, so you can see the code:

(the code)

The second menu item from the right, "Teams," is the only drop-down item on the entire menu bar. It works with that link, and it works when "Keyword Index" or "Links & Resources" are selected from the lefthand gray navigation column. However, if you select "Document Index" or use the Search tool, the menu doesn't work. I've rewritten the PHP so that I know the variables used to generate the menu aren't being used anywhere else, and I still can't get it to work. I'm pretty much at the end of my mental resources on this one. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[x-posted between webdesign and webdev.]

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/922281.html

Date: 07/06/05     Keywords: no keywords

Can someone take a look at this form for me and tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'm using Matt's tried and true FormMail.pl script and made the proper alterations. Is there something obvious I've bollixed up in the code?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/922087.html

Date: 07/06/05     Keywords: css, html

Does anyone know how I can center all three columns in the middle and have them look correct in all display settings? Thanks!

Link: http://svr69.edns1.com/~westergr/log-home-models.html
CSS: http://svr69.edns1.com/~westergr/cssstyle.css

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Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/921645.html

Date: 07/05/05     Keywords: no keywords

[Error: Irreparable invalid markup ('') in entry. Owner must fix manually. Raw contents below.]

the problem


thats the page in question.

the problem is that when i go from page one to page two via the 'next' arrows.. it's not resetting the image until i get to the third page...and then it's behind...

no idea why.. anyone able to help?

here's the code:
a href="artistportfolio.asp?aID=<%= Server.URLencode(artistID) %>&UID=<%= Server.URLencode(rsSmallImages("UID")) %>&offset=<%= Server.URLencode(nextoffset) %>">

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Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/921262.html

Date: 07/05/05     Keywords: web

While I'm a big fan of other Adobe products, I have no familiarity with GoLive. This isn't normally a problem, since I either hand-code or use Dreamweaver.

However.

I'm doing some technical editing for an online journal, and an author has written a piece that suggests GoLive uses an odd CMYK notation that uses values from 0-255 instead of the usual 0-100%.

I've tried looking for any reference to such a thing on the Web or in newsgroups, and coming up empty. Any insight into what he might be referring to?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/921037.html

Date: 07/04/05     Keywords: cms, php, css, web

Hey all,

I've been brushing up my rusty skills lately while working on a few side project websites. I had a few questions regarding publishing platforms and CMS's. I know a few adopt the technique to style and present via CSS then use a backend management system to manage the content. I see many sites using Movable Type and Wordpress for this and some coding their own CMS's. I'd like to be able to style up the site and structure it however I like, but then have some type of backend to power it all yet be easy to integrate.

• I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for either or perhaps another easy to implement Publishing Platform/CMS to drop into small-medium size web projects? Which one is easier to integrate into a design from scratch and a rich feature set to maintain?



• Another question, anyone know of an open-source equal to something like Basecamp?


*EDIT*


• Reading up on each I've gathered a whole slew of new knowledge. One of the main differences I see now is WordPress' "Template Tags" aren't much more than PHP function calls and Movable Type have a full blown tag system. I am mainly looking at each system now based on their template systems and the template tags ease of use from the stand point of integrating your own desgin into it or creating a site from scratch with it built in. If anyone has switched from one system to the other I would love to hear your thoughts on why and how it worked out for you.
  

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/920424.html